End and corner post of fences.



No. 801,942. PATBNTED OCT. 17, 1905. D. WARNER & P. M. RUDD. END ANDCORNER POST 0P FENCES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 15, 1905.

JQIZZ'QZ Warner Inventors.

Attorneys.

S e S S E n R w n rrn STATES PATENT orrron.

END AND CORNER POST OF FENCES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 17, 1905.

Application filed May 15, 1905. Serial No. 260,534.

To all whom it may conccrn' Be it known that we, DANIEL WARNER and FRANKM. RUDD, citizens of the United States, residing at Bronson, in thecounty of Branch and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Endand Corner Posts of Fences, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the end and corner posts of fences.

The object of the invention is to provide a neat, strong, and durableend and corner post which shall be capable of withstanding any strainbrought to bear upon the fence-wires and to obviate the employment ofcement in anchoring the post.

With the above and other objects in View, as will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts of an end and corner post, as willbe hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts,Figure l is a view in side elevation of a post constructed in accordancewith the Fig. 2 is a view in vertipresent invention.

Fig. 3 is a view in cal transverse section.

horizontal section, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 3 3 of Fig.1 and looking in the direction of the arrow thereon. Fig. 4 is anenlarged detail view in perspective of one of the anchoring members ofthe post-braces. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view through amodified form of structure that may be employed in the building up ofthe parts of the post.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the post; 2, the front brace; 3,the rear brace, and 1 and 5 two horizontally-disposed braces connectingthe post and the front brace. The post and front and rear braces are bypreference made of two sections of angle-iron suitably assembled,although, as shown in Fig. 5, these parts may be made of T-iron andstill be within the scope of the invention.

The post has combined with it intermediate of its ends two plates orlugs 6 and 7, the connection of these parts with the post being effectedin any suitable manner, as by bending the inner end of each of theplates at an angle to its length, as shown at 8 in Fig. 3, and securingthe deflected portion to the post by a rivet or bolt 9. The plate 6 isprovided at its upper end with an extension 10, project ing at rightangles to the post and serving as an abutment against which will bearthe upper end of the front brace 2, thereby to reduce to a minimum thestrain on the bolt or rivet 11 that holds the brace combined with theplate. The plate 7 has secured to it by a rivet or bolt 12 one end ofthe horizontal brace 1, the other end of which is riveted or bolted at13 to the front brace 2. The other horizontal brace 5 is connected atone end by a rivet or bolt 14 to the flange of the front brace 2, itsother end having a flange 15 extending obliquely to its length to engagewith one side of one of the flanges of the rear brace 3, the bottom ofthe post being provided with a similar obliquely-disposed flange 16,engaging the other side of the rear brace, and between the obliquefianges and the brace is passed a rivet or bolt 17, that operatespositively to bind the parts together. The upper end of the rear braceis secured by a rivet or bolt 18 to the front brace 2 adjacent to thepoint of connection of the brace 4:, and by this manner of combining andconnecting the braces and the post a structure that is stable and willnot yield to strains is presented.

The rear brace, which, in effect, constitutes the holding member, is ofgreater length than the front brace and is provided at its lower endwith a foot 19, constituting an anchoring member, the same comprising aplate 20, having a flange 21, and a clip 22, provided with baseflanges23, that are secured by bolts or rivets 24 to the plate 20. The lowerend of the rear brace is secured to the clip 22 by a rivet or bolt 25,the flange 21 operating to brace the foot against any movement understrains. The front brace has a foot 26 combined with it, which isconstructed in the same manner as that just described.

Secured to the post in any preferred manner and spaced at suitabledistances apart, are wire-supports 27, which are preferably semicircularcastings and each of which is provided with a peripheral groove 28, inwhich is secured one end of the strand-wires 29, as clearly shown inFigs. 1 and 3.

In setting up the post the feet of the front and rear braces areembedded the desired depth in the earth, while the post proper restsupon the upper surface thereof. Upon strains being applied to thestrand-wires any tendency to yield will be positively counteracted bythe feet 19 and 26 in the manner that will be perfectly obvious.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that although theimprovements herein defined are simple in character, they will combineto produce a thoroughly effective and durable form of post and one thatwill be capable of withstanding all strains to which it is subjected inuse.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. Thecombination with a fence-post provided at its lower end with anobliquely-disposed flange, of a brace secured intermediate of the endsof the post and projecting at an angle thereto, a second brace securedintermediate of the ends of the first-named brace and secured to thesaid flange, and anchors carried by the two braces.

2. The combination with a fence-post having a pair oflaterally-projecting plates combined therewith and provided at its lowerend with an obliquely-disposed flange, of a front brace having one endsecured to one of the plates and projecting at an angle to the post, arear brace secured intermediate of the ends of the front brace andextending at approximate right angles thereto, a pair of horizontalbraces one of which is connected to the front brace and the other plate,and the other of which is connected to the front brace and having anobliquely-disposed flange engaging the rear brace, and fastening meanspassing through the flanges of the post, horizontal brace and rearbrace.

3. The combination with a fence-post having a pair of plates combinedtherewith and provided exteriorly with grooved wire-supports, of a frontbrace having one end secured to the upper plate and its other endprovided with an anchoring device, a rear brace secured intermediate ofthe ends of the front brace and to the bottom of the post and carryingat its lower end an anchoring device, and a pair of horizontal braces,one of which is secured at one end to the lower plate and to the frontbrace at a point adjacent to the connection of the rear brace, and theother horizontal brace being secured to the front brace and the bottomof the post.

4:. The combination with a fence-post provided intermediate of its endswith a pair of plates and at its bottom with obliquely-disposed lateralflanges, of a front brace secured to the upper plate and extending at anangle to the post, a rear brace having its upper end securedintermediate of the ends of the front brace and bearing against theoblique flanges of the post, and horizontal braces one of which issecured to the upper plate and to the front brace and the other of whichis connected with the front brace and having an oblique flange bearingagainst the rear brace, and se- R. D. STRANG, C. M. VAN EVERY, Sr.

